Cheryl Chin was raised in Kingston, Jamaica with four siblings and a father who told them all they were going to America and all going to college. She came in 1980 and has been running Jamaica Kitchen since 1986, having taken over from the family that started it. The restaurant opened in 1980 as a […]
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Carribean, Florida, Miami, Restaurants, Season 4Bryant-Lake Bowl on West Lake Street in Minneapolis is a bowling alley, a theater, and a restaurant, all operating under one roof since 1993, and the combination works better than it has any right to. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008, as
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American, Gastropub, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 4Paul Eighmey moved from Buffalo to Austin in 1990 with a dream of owning a bar. In 1994 he and his partner Mark Supples opened Casino El Camino on East Sixth Street, named after Eighmey’s stage name from his punk rock days. For the first 14 years, the bar’s food was what Eighmey calls Sixth
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Austin, Burgers, Restaurants, Season 4, TexasPierogies and stuffed pepper soup are not the first things that come to mind when someone thinks of a bar outside Pittsburgh. But the Starlite Lounge in Blawnox has been drawing locals in with exactly those two dishes for over 50 years. Owner Ron “Moondog” Esser has run the place with a deep commitment to
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Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Restaurants, Season 4Gumbo Shack appeared in Season 4, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Bar Food,” which aired July 27, 2008, as a Fairhope, Alabama Cajun and seafood operation serving the Gulf Coast flavors of southern Alabama with the kind of scratch approach that earned a DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts
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Alabama, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4The Cove in San Antonio is a laundromat, car wash, and restaurant operating from the same building, which either sounds like the most impractical business concept imaginable or the most practical one depending on your perspective. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Totally Unexpected,” which aired August 18, 2008,
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American, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 4, TexasThe corner of Carroll and Boulevard SE in Atlanta’s Cabbagetown neighborhood has housed a neighborhood market since the early 20th century, and the building that stands there today has been through several iterations of the same essential mission: serve the community good food with genuine character. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 6 of Diners,
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Atlanta, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 4The Creole Creamery opened in February 2004 in a building on Prytania Street in Uptown New Orleans that had previously housed a McKenzie’s Bakery, a beloved local chain. Owner David Bergeron converted the space into an ice cream parlor with pink walls, chalkboard paint, and a flavor program built around New Orleans culinary identity: Lavender
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 4Aunt Lena’s Creamery appeared in Season 4, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Brain Freeze,” which aired August 11, 2008, as an artisan gelato operation in Chandler, Arizona bringing Italian-style frozen desserts to the Phoenix area with house-made flavors well outside the standard gelato catalog. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Arizona, Restaurants, Season 4At the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, a traveling salesman named Abe Doumar noticed an ice cream vendor about to turn away customers because he had run out of paper dishes. A nearby vendor was selling waffles. Doumar bought a waffle, rolled it into a cone, added ice cream, and changed the way America ate
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